First pick
Robert Johnston EcoForest Trails
Park or garden
20 ha2.5 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.5 km of path
6.4 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jodie Wilson from Mountain View, USA · CC BY 2.02.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Douro-Dummer · parks, protected land & trails
Step out of Douro-Dummer into Quackenbush Provincial Park
Named trails close by number 2, the First Nations Trail(Samuel de Champlain Peterborough to Bridgenorth Portage) and Blue Trail among them. 3 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. Rouge National Urban Park is the closest national park, 79 km from town.
Protected land
2.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
17
within 10 km, 5 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
79 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Quackenbush Provincial Park
Walking routes
2
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Douro-Dummer against other Canadian towns
Each figure against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (not city hubs or reserves), with the town marked and the typical one’s line. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km2.3%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.4%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas5Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes2Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches3Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Douro-Dummer has the 19th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,282 to 8,484 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Protected within 10 km
Douro-Dummer2.3%
Towns its size2.6%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Douro-Dummer5
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Douro-Dummer2
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Douro-Dummer beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 18 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Malbaie QC | 27% | 0.5% | 28 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Alta Vista ON | 13% | 0.7% | 38 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Old Ottawa East ON | 13% | 4.2% | 39 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Britannia ON | 13% | 12% | 31 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Upper Cornell ON | 12% | 49% | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Crestview-Tanglewood ON | 12% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Mount Joy ON | 10% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Muskoka Lakes ON | 6.3% | 11% | 26 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul QC | 5.6% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Norton Park ON | 5.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Trinity Commons ON | 5.3% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Saint-Roch QC | 5.1% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Vaughan Metropolitan Centre ON | 4.7% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Somerset AB | 4.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Electoral Area A, Comox Valley BC | 4% | 4.1% | 97 | 2 | 19 |
| 16 | Electoral Area G, Nanaimo BC | 3.2% | 7.5% | 32 | 0 | 13 |
| 17 | Brownsburg-Chatham QC | 3.1% | 2% | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Ogden AB | 2.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | Deer Lake BC | 2.9% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 25 |
| 20 | McNab/Braeside ON | 2.7% | 0.1% | 35 | 0 | 14 |
| 21 | Rocky Ridge AB | 2.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Douro-Dummer ON | 2.3% | 1.4% | 17 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | Torbay NL | 1.9% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| 24 | Goderich ON | 1.5% | 0% | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 25 | Drumheller AB | 1% | 4.9% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Rosewood SK | 0.9% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Hillhurst AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | South-West Oxford ON | 0.5% | 0.3% | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 29 | Bayfield ON | 0.5% | 0.1% | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 30 | Vermilion River County AB | 0.5% | 0.3% | 24 | 0 | 6 |
| 31 | Springfield North MB | 0.5% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Clinton ON | 0.4% | 0.3% | 11 | 13 | 6 |
| 33 | Valley Gardens MB | 0.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Kildare-Redonda MB | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Marlborough Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Albert Park/Radisson Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | King Edward Park AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 38 | Strathcona AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | Aylmer ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Huron-Kinloss ON | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 8 |
The map
Where the green is in Douro-Dummer
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; tap a number for its park or wood.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
24 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Douro-Dummer
Largest first: Robert Johnston EcoForest Trails leads with 20 ha. Numbers match the map.
24 named parks and woods, 241 ha in all
Parks & gardens 44 haWoods 197 ha
The area is spread out: the biggest holds 15% of it.
Lakefield College School Forest
Wood or forest
18 ha3 km of path
40 minto walk all 3 km of path
8.6 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Big Island
Wood or forest · 230 m outside town
17 ha
14 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 24 named parks and green spaces
Robert Johnston EcoForest TrailsPark or garden · 20 ha · 2.5 km of path
DirectionsDouro South ParkPark or garden · 14 ha
DirectionsLakefield College School ForestWood or forest · 18 ha · 3 km of path
DirectionsJuniper IslandWood or forest · 37 ha
DirectionsDouro North ParkPark or garden · 7.0 ha
DirectionsEagle Mount IslandWood or forest · 20 ha
DirectionsLong IslandWood or forest · 19 ha
DirectionsBig IslandWood or forest · 17 ha · just outside town
DirectionsBreeze IslandWood or forest · 17 ha
DirectionsDavis IslandWood or forest · 14 ha
DirectionsPine IslandWood or forest · 12 ha
DirectionsGlassey IslandWood or forest · 7.9 ha
DirectionsStock IslandWood or forest · 6.4 ha
DirectionsSheriff IslandWood or forest · 6.2 ha
DirectionsWaverley Heights ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha · just outside town
DirectionsPompadour IslandWood or forest · 4.6 ha
DirectionsSyndicate IslandWood or forest · 4.4 ha
DirectionsCollins IslandWood or forest · 4.2 ha
DirectionsLakefield College School: Third IslandWood or forest · 3.9 ha
DirectionsRoland Glover ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha · just outside town
DirectionsBig Otter IslandWood or forest · 3.0 ha
DirectionsWilloughby IslandWood or forest · 2.5 ha · just outside town
DirectionsDouro-Dummer Millennium GardensPark or garden · 0.2 ha
DirectionsTrent-Severn Lock 25Park or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, commons and woods with a name, in the town or within 400 m, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Sizes are the mapped outline’s.
Close to home
Most of Douro-Dummer is more than a short walk from a park
Residents of each 2021 dissemination area, at a point inside it, within 400 m (about a 5-minute walk) of a park or playing field mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Within 400 m (0%)Further (100%)
Douro-Dummer0%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
A median Canadian town manages 83%. For about 8,400 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
Around Douro-Dummer, protected areas make up 2.3%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Douro-Dummer1.4%
Within 10 km2.3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 5 of the 17. At 37,587 ha, Kawartha Highlands Signature Site Park is the largest. 12 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Quackenbush Provincial ParkProvincial park · 40 ha · reaches Douro-Dummer
Petroglyphs Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,643 ha · 1.5 km from the edge of town
Mark S. Burnham Provincial ParkProvincial park · 39 ha · 2.6 km from the edge of town
Wolf Island Provincial ParkProvincial park · 222 ha · 5.6 km from the edge of town
Kawartha Highlands Signature Site ParkProvincial park · 37,587 ha · 6.5 km from the edge of town
Source: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
National & provincial parks
The nearest big park: Rouge National Urban Park, 79 km away
National parks (Parks Canada) and provincial or territorial parks by direction and distance from the town’s edge: every one within 10 km, and the nearest of each within 100 km.
National parkProvincial park
Provincial park
Quackenbush Provincial Park
At the edge0.4 km²since 1985
Provincial park
Petroglyphs Provincial Park
1.5 km north16 km²since 1976
Provincial park
Mark S. Burnham Provincial Park
2.6 km south-west0.4 km²since 1955
Provincial park
Wolf Island Provincial Park
5.6 km north2.2 km²since 1985
Provincial park
Kawartha Highlands Signature Site Park
6.5 km north376 km²since 1989
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
79 km south-west46 km²since 2015
There are 5 provincial parks within 10 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
83 km of paths in and around Douro-Dummer
OpenStreetMap footpaths, paths, bridleways and steps, and tracks open on foot, in the town and 1 km around it; woods as mapped (landuse=forest, natural=wood).
Footpaths
83 km
in and around the town (607.6 km²)
Woodland
52%
about 313.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Douro-DummerTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Douro-DummerTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland52%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 84% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 82% of Canadian towns.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
Douro-Dummer has 2 named walking routes
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
LocalOther waymarked
Blue Trail4.2 km
First Nations Trail(Samuel de Champlain Peterborough to Bridgenorth Portage)2.0 km
For a longer outing, the Blue Trail runs 4.2 km.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Get out in Douro-Dummer in May and July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Peterborough (25 km), and daylight at the town’s latitude. Good months: 12½+ hours of daylight, highs of 15–30 °C, little rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -3 | -2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 67 | 42 | 54 | 73 | 79 | 88 | 69 | 78 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 64 |
Highs peak near 27 °C in July and fall to -3 °C in January. For dry weather, February is best (42 mm); June gets 88 mm. Snow totals about 158 cm a year. The climate in Douro-Dummer →
Beaches
3 beaches within 5 km of Douro-Dummer, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Douro-Dummer: 4 viewpoints on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 48.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 4
Quackenbush Provincial Parkin town
DirectionsWarsaw Caves Conservation Areain town
DirectionsTrent University Wildlife Sanctuary0.8 km from town
DirectionsHarold Town Conservation Area1.6 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 6
Plus 6 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 48
Community Splash Pad0.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 47 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 8
Ringtail Camp0.3 km from town
DirectionsLakefield Campground0.4 km from town
DirectionsPlus 6 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Douro-Dummer
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
BridgenorthNorwoodCurve Lake First Nation 35PeterboroughDouro-Dummer
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douro-Dummer | 2.3% | 17 | 2 | 3 |
| Bridgenorth 16 km | 4.7% | 21 | 0 | 6 |
| Norwood 16 km | 0.3% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Curve Lake First Nation 35 17 km | 2.9% | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Peterborough 18 km | 0.6% | 6 | 1 | 2 |
For protected land, Bridgenorth has twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
Questions about the outdoors in Douro-Dummer
What is the largest protected area near Douro-Dummer?
Kawartha Highlands Signature Site Park, a provincial park of 37,587 ha.
How much land around Douro-Dummer is protected?
Protected areas cover 2.3% of the land within 10 km.
What walking routes are near Douro-Dummer?
Try the First Nations Trail(Samuel de Champlain Peterborough to Bridgenorth Portage) and Blue Trail; more are on the map.
Is there a beach near Douro-Dummer?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Douro-Dummer?
Quackenbush Provincial Park begins at the town’s edge.
How far is Douro-Dummer from a national park?
The nearest is Rouge National Urban Park, 79 km away.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Douro-Dummer?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
The sources behind Douro-Dummer’s outdoors figures
Protected areas: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2026: every area within 10 km and the nearest national and provincial parks, measured outline to outline.
Walking routes and beaches: OpenStreetMap, November 2026: named hiking, foot and walking route relations within 2 km and beaches within 5 km.
Towns: Statistics Canada 2021 Census boundaries and populations; the comparison is the Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, not city hubs or reserves.
When to go: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, from the nearest station that publishes them.
Green space, paths, woods, things to do: OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik’s Canada extract), November 2026: parks, gardens, playing fields, woods, footpaths, the coastline and things to do in and around each town.
Residents: Statistics Canada 2021 Census dissemination areas (population, boundaries), each at a point inside it.
Walking routes and beaches © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
Not on this page: trailheads and trail grades, and beach water quality. No open Canadian dataset gives these for every town yet.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).